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May 12, 1925.

G. E. BULL REEL Filed Nov. 21, 1922 INVENTOR Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,537,458 PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. BULL, OF MONESSEN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PITTSBURGH STEEL COIvTPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

REEL.

Application filed November 21, 1922. Serial No. 602,421,

7 0 all wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BULL, a citizen of the United States and resident of Monessen, in the county of VVestmorelirnd and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefdl Improvement in Reelsfland I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to reels.

The object of my invention is to provide a reel adapted for holding bundles of wirefabric, such as a wire-fabric comprising stay-wires and strand-wires welded or otherwise connected at their point of intersection. In the manufacture of such fabric the said fabric, as it comes from the machine, 1s wound around a spool at the rear of the machine, and said spool usually consists of two semicircular members so that the end of the fabric may be inserted between the members and then the members clamped together to form the spool around which the fabric as it is made is wound. IVhen the roll has reached its full diameter the spool is removed from the machine and the semicircular members composing the same are driven out from one end of the roll, leaving the portion of the fabric which was clamped between the members of the spool extending across the bore or central opening through the roll in the form of a web.

When the fabric made up into such rolls is to be used in the making of other forms of fabric, such as where it is to be used in connection with a machine for attaching a paper backing to the wire fabric to be en1- ployed in construction work in connection with the walls and ceilings of buildings, it is necessary to mount this roll of fabric on a reel, and the reel of the present application is particularly adapted for such purpose.

In the accompanaying drawing, Fig. l is a longitudinal section of my improved reel; Fig. 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 is an end view of a portion of the roll of fabric looking in at one end; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of one of the spindles.

In the drawing the numeral 2 designates a suitable base-plate upon which the reel is mounted, and secured to said base-plates are the standards 3 and 4, said standards being connected to said base-plate by the screws 5 in the threaded openings 6 in said baseplate, and a number of said openings may '11, the sleeve-portion 12 of the said head, which fits around the bearing 10, having the opening 13 through whichthe screw 14 passes, and which enters the annular groove 9. In this manner provision is made for the free rotation of the conical-head 11 on the bearing 10 of the spindle 7 which is held stationary in the standard 3.

A spindle 15 is mounted in the standard 4, said spindle having the bearing portion 16 with the annular groove 17. A eonicalhead 18 engages the bearing 17, and a screw 19 holds the conical head 18 on said bearing and permits free rotary movement of said head in the same manner as the conicalheal 11. 1

To provide for the longitudinal movement of the spindle 15, I provide the lever 20 pivoted at 21, the said lever having the slot 22 which is engaged by the pin 23 passing through the bifurcated end 24 of the spindle 15.

Secured to the standard 4 is the bracket 25 which is provided with the ratchet-teeth 26 in position to be engaged by the pawl 27 on the lever 20.

When it is desired to mount a roll of fabric on the reel, the fabric-roll 28 is mounted on the skid 29 and is brought up into position to be engaged by the conical-heads 11 and 18, said heads being in alignment with the bore 30 at the center of the roll. As above stated, the rolls as they come from the spools on which they were originally wound have the web 31 which divides the bore of the roll, and the conical heads 11 and 18 are provided with the slots 32, which slots are brought into register with the web 31, whereupon by moving the upper end of the lever 20 inwardly the conical head 18 is forced into one end of the roll of fabric, and this will act to force the roll on to the opposite conical head 11, and by pushing on said lever a secure hold is obtained on the roll sothat it will rotate with said conical-heads. When this has been accomplished the pawl 27 engages the ratchet-teeth 26 and holds the heads securely in this position.

The fabric may then be fed from the roll at any desired s eed, the conical-heads 11 and 18 rotating ireely 011 the spindles and the rollof fabric is accurately centered so that an even feed will. be obtained, which is very important in feeding the fabric to a machine such as thatreferred to above.

What I claim is: 1. A red for a fabric roll having an ilXl-wl bore and a Web extending diametrallyzacross said bore, comprising .a frame, and heads carried by said frame in position to extend ard, a longitudinally Jmovable spindle mounted thereln having a bearing portion with an annular groove formed therein, a

head engaging said bearing portion, a screw 3. In a reel, the combination with a standard, a spindle held therein, said spindle having a bearing portion with an annular groove, a head engaging said bear-ing portion, a screw passing through said head zengaging said annular groove, .a :second standard, a

longitudinally AMOVELblB spindle mount-ed atherein having a biarin-g portion head engaging sa idbeari'ng portion, a screw passing through said head engaging :said .annular groove, a lever connected to 'Sl'ld'ilflSllnamed spindle, a ratchet on said second standard, and a pawl on said lever engaging .sald ratchet.

In testimony whereof L'the said GEORGE E. BULL, have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE BULL.

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